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I love to bake and with the holidays creeping up on us I am on the lookout for awesome ways that I can use baking to gift and thank the people that are special to us. Just last week Good Cook sent me some nifty products to do just that: a 3D HOLIDAY ORNAMENT CAKE PAN, CAKE DECORATOR BAG, and some CANDY STRIPE LARGE COOKIE BOXES. These are some fun tools that are perfect for making up some sweet creations for our friends and family. We spent the day experimenting with baking and decorating and we had so much fun!
For me personally, I like the idea of this themed way of baking up some personal cakes. You can decorate them any way you wish, (and if you’re more talented than I am, you could probably whip up something that is bakery worthy) but besides being a bit time consuming because you can only bake four at a time, it really is a very easy way to be festive with your baking. When we made these ornament cakes, we just used a box cake mix. Then we used store bought icing and sugar sprinkles.
The pan is of great quality, it’s non-stick and you don’t really need to pre-treat it with anything to get your cakes to unmold (I did use Pam in mine for the first batch, but found it was unnecessary). Not only do your cakes come out in a cute shape, but the pan is easy to wash and clean up when you’re done.
Each of the four wells in the 3D HOLIDAY ORNAMENT CAKE PAN is different, and are reminiscent of classic ornaments that hung on the trees both decades ago and now.
Using fun edible decorating embellishments like sprinkles, sugars, fondants, non-pareils and the like, is a great way to get your kids involved decorating once the cakes have cooled.
All in all we are really happy with the way our ornament cakes turned out. The cookie boxes to present baking in are a nice size and I love that they make it easy to share during the holidays. This cake pan is definitely holiday entertaining worthy or an awesome gift for the person who loves to be in the kitchen. You can buy it on GoodCook.com for $29.99.
Tammy, these look great. I believe you did have a blast making them!
How fun! I love baking for the holidays. This would be perfect!
Those are darling, and so fun! I love having unique ways to give treats to loved ones around the holidays!
Those are so pretty. I'm going to be looking fro some half priced Halloween ones today.
Those are so cool, I love a cake pan that beautifully shapes mini cakes!
Those are the cutest cakes ever! I bought some little Christmas House boxes that I am going to use this year to pass out my homemade goodies in.
Those are SO ridiculously cute! I want that!
Those are cute. Perfect for the holidays.
I love this! Such fun designs and not a lot of work. I want that pan now. 🙂
This is such a fun baking pan and perfect for the upcoming holidays!
That is really unique and pretty! That would certainly make a unique gift for a neighbor or such. 🙂
What a fun idea..and thoughtful and enjoyable, too!
That's a fun gift idea!
I ADORE this! Hubby would be happy to test all the creations too – even breakfast – not just dessert!
They turned out cute. I enjoy baking much more than I do cooking.
WOW! I have never seen a pan quite like this one. It could start a fun Christmas craft time for the kiddos
What a great baking pan. These would be so fun during the holidays.
Love this! So cute and festive.
Those look like they could be a ton of fun to decorate.
Those are adorable! I love that 3 dimensional look!
These would brighten up any ones day! too cute.
I like that you don't have to pre-treat the pan and the come out easy. This would be cute to gift in a gift basket and add a few of the Gift boxes., Decorating Tools and more items. Thank you for sharing
That is awesome! Those creations would be so much fun to decorate!
These are so adorable! I love themed pans like these for baking.
How fun! Those are adorable, and remind me of cooking with you on that Kraft trip.
That would be so much fun to play around with on the decorating part! Cute, cute pan and idea for the holidays!
Those cake pans are super cute!
Thanks for posting!
Stephanie from grinninglikeanidiot.com
I bought my pans today but I am bit confused on how to use them. Do you only put cake batter in one half and then bake with the top half of the pan on if you want to make the 3d effect?
Hi Laurie! Yes, you fill the bottom cavity with the batter and then the top part (the half with the holes) goes on top and then you bake it, as the batter rises they will fill the top cavities and any overflow will come through the little holes on top. Hope that helps.